Omega-Pharma Quickstep take charge of the bunch on the first cobbled section

(Jered Gruber)

Last man standing on the cobbles: Lieuwe Westra (Vaconsoleil)

(Jered Gruber)

Race winner Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Barracuda)

(Jered Gruber)

A Netapp rider gets some welcome support from the crowd

(Jered Gruber)

Angelo Tulik seeks an alternative mode of transport

(Jered Gruber)

Sky's Jeremy Hunt on the Molenberg

(Jered Gruber)

Sky's Jeremy Hunt on the Molenberg

(Jered Gruber)

A Vanconsoleil rider grits his teeth on one of the bergs

(Jered Gruber)

Flecha (Team Sky) is at home on the cobbles

(Jered Gruber)

Sep Vanmarcke chases down Tom Boonen, Hushovd is left trailing

(Jered Gruber)

Last man standing on the cobbles: Lieuwe Westra (Vaconsoleil)

(Jered Gruber)

The women's peloton tackle the Molenberg

(Jered Gruber)

The AA Drink - Leontien.nl Cycling Team on the front of the women's peloton

(Jered Gruber)

The women's peloton stretched out on the Molenberg

(Jered Gruber)

The leading women on the Molenberg

(Jered Gruber)

American Taylor Phinney (BMC) leads a group

(Jered Gruber)

American Taylor Phinney (BMC) leads a group

(Jered Gruber)

Jan Ghyselinck's fan club having fun

(Jered Gruber)

They start young in Belgium

(Jered Gruber)

A Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley riding on the Molenberg

(Jered Gruber)

Noemi Cantele on the attack

(Jered Gruber)

The men's peloton filter through the Haaghoek

(Jered Gruber)

The men's field on the approach to another of the small Belgian climbs

(Jered Gruber)

Taylor Phinney (Team BMC) made his Classics debut

(Jered Gruber)

Taylor Phinney (Team BMC) made his Classics debut

(Jered Gruber)

Alex Dowsett is forced to wait for his team car after a problem with his bike

(Jered Gruber)

Flecha glides along the cobbles and leads the peloton

(Jered Gruber)

Late last year, American photographer Jered Gruber and his wife Ashley provided some of the best images we've seen with their highlights of the year, and they're back again for 2012, set to cover a number of European races and events.